Amendment ASA1-AB56

AB56-ASA1,411,2 (e) The department may not charge a fee to a city, village, town, or county in connection with a petition submitted under par. (c).

AB56-ASA1,1110 Section 1110 . 102.07 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,411,12 102.07 (20) An individual who is performing services for a person participating in the self-directed services option, as defined in s. 46.2897 (1), for a person receiving long-term care benefits under s. 46.27, 46.275 , or 46.277 or under any children's long-term support waiver program on a self-directed basis, or for a person receiving the Family Care benefit, as defined in s. 46.2805 (4), or benefits under the Family Care Partnership program, as described in s. 49.496 (1) (bk) 3., on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.

AB56-ASA1,1325b Section 1325b. 106.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,411,16 106.18 Youth summer jobs programs in 1st class cities. From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (fm), the department shall implement and operate youth summer jobs programs in 1st class cities this state.

AB56-ASA1,1325c Section 1325c. 106.27 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,411,19 106.27 (1) (g) Grants for programs that promote the attraction and retention of personal care workers.

AB56-ASA1,1325d Section 1325d. 106.27 (1j) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,411,22 106.27 (1j) (title) Workforce training program; grants for mobile classrooms and institutional job centers.

AB56-ASA1,1325h Section 1325h. 106.27 (1j) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,412,2 106.27 (1j) (a) Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall allocate up to $1,000,000 $200,000 in the 2019-20 fiscal year and $320,000 in the 2020-21 fiscal year for grants to the department of corrections to fund the creation and operation of mobile classrooms.

AB56-ASA1,1325p Section 1325p. 106.27 (1j) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,412,13 106.27 (1j) (ad) In this paragraph, “eligible institution” means a minimum security correctional institution or a medium security prison. Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall allocate $225,000 in the 2019-20 fiscal year for grants to the department of corrections to fund the creation and operation of institutional job centers at 6 eligible institutions and $262,500 in the 2020-21 fiscal year for grants to the department of corrections to fund the creation and operation of institutional job centers at 7 eligible institutions. The department of corrections may not use a grant under this paragraph to fund the creation and operation of more than one institutional job center at any eligible institution.

AB56-ASA1,1326 Section 1326 . 106.27 (1u) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,412,20 106.27 (1u) Shipbuilders; training grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), in each year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department shall allocate $1,000,000 for grants to shipbuilders in this state to train new and current employees. A shipbuilder that receives a grant under this subsection shall expend all grant moneys before July 1, 2021, for purposes of training new and current employees.

AB56-ASA1,1354 Section 1354 . 108.02 (13) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,413,3 108.02 (13) (k) “Employer" does not include a county department, an aging unit, or, under s. 46.2785, a private agency that serves as a fiscal agent or contracts with a fiscal intermediary to serve as a fiscal agent under s. 46.27 (5) (i), 46.272 (7) (e), or 47.035 as to any individual performing services for a person receiving long-term support services under s. 46.27 (5) (b), 46.272 (7) (b), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, 46.2785, 46.286, 46.495, 51.42, or 51.437 or personal assistance services under s. 47.02 (6) (c).

AB56-ASA1,1387 Section 1387 . 108.22 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,413,18 108.22 (10) A private agency that serves as a fiscal agent under s. 46.2785 or contracts with a fiscal intermediary to serve as a fiscal agent under s. 46.27 (5) (i), 46.272 (7) (e), or 47.035 as to any individual performing services for a person receiving long-term support services under s. 46.27 (5) (b), 46.272 (7) (b), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, 46.2785, 46.286, 46.495, 51.42, or 51.437 or personal assistance services under s. 47.02 (6) (c) may be found jointly and severally liable for the amounts owed by the person under this chapter, if, at the time the person's quarterly report is due under this chapter, the private agency served as a fiscal agent for the person. The liability of the agency as provided in this subsection survives dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, judicially confirmed extension or composition, or any analogous situation of the person and shall be set forth in a determination or decision issued under s. 108.10. An appeal or review of a determination under this subsection shall not include an appeal or review of determinations of amounts owed by the person.

AB56-ASA1,1421 Section 1421 . 115.28 (65) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,413,23 115.28 (65) Wisconsin Reading Corps. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, Annually distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (fr) to Wisconsin Reading Corps to provide one-on-one tutoring if Wisconsin Reading Corps provides matching funds of $250,000 in each school year.

AB56-ASA1,1425f Section 1425f. 115.343 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,414,14 115.343 (1) The department shall establish a school day milk program. A public, private, or tribal school participating in the program shall offer each eligible child one half-pint of Wisconsin-produced whole milk, 2 percent milk, 1.5 percent milk, one percent milk, 0.5 percent milk, skim milk or chocolate milk on each day in which school is in session. If a child is allergic to milk or has metabolic disorders or other conditions which prohibit him or her from drinking milk, the child shall be offered juice as a substitute. Any school that participates in the program is encouraged to consider bids from local milk suppliers. The school shall keep all information related to the identity of the pupils who receive a beverage under the program confidential. In this subsection, “Wisconsin-produced" means that all or part of the raw milk used by the milk processor was produced in this state. In this section, “public, private, or tribal school” includes a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), the program under s. 115.52, the center under s. 115.525, or a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g).

AB56-ASA1,1437p Section 1437p. 115.375 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,414,20 115.375 Grants for robot-assisted educational programs for pupils with autism. (1) A cooperative educational service agency may apply to the department for a grant for the purpose of implementing a program that uses all of the following to teach social and behavioral skills to pupils with autism spectrum disorder:

AB56-ASA1,414,21 (a) Interactive, facially-expressive humanoid robots.

AB56-ASA1,414,22 (b) A curriculum with embedded evidence-based practices.

AB56-ASA1,414,23 (c) Visual supports.

AB56-ASA1,414,24 (d) Video modeling.

AB56-ASA1,414,25 (e) An automated data collection system.

AB56-ASA1,415,1 (f) A comprehensive curriculum facilitator.

AB56-ASA1,415,2 (g) A pupil activity manual with extension activities.

AB56-ASA1,415,5 (2) A cooperative educational service agency shall include with an application under sub. (1) a proposal outlining the intended use of grant moneys and an estimate of the number of pupils who will be served by the program described under sub. (1).

AB56-ASA1,415,8 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bi), the department shall award grants under sub. (1) to cooperative educational service agencies in amounts determined by the department.

AB56-ASA1,415,15 (4) A cooperative educational service agency that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant moneys to develop, implement, and provide the program described under sub. (1) and to purchase robotic devices and curriculum with proven effectiveness for aiding in the academic, social, and emotional learning of pupils with autism spectrum disorder. The cooperative educational service agency shall ensure that a licensed special education teacher is present at the location where the program is provided.

AB56-ASA1,1440 Section 1440 . 115.387 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,1441 Section 1441 . 115.387 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,415,21 115.387 (1) (d) 1. For purposes of a public school that is under the control of a school board, “number of pupils enrolled” has the meaning given for “pupils enrolled” in s. 115.437 (1) 121.004 (7).

AB56-ASA1,1459 Section 1459 . 115.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,416,5 115.437 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year, by $150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, by $250 in the 2016-17 school year, by $450 in the 2017-18 school year, by $654 in the 2018-19 school year, by $679 in the subsequent school year, and by $630 in each school year thereafter by $704. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB56-ASA1,1464f Section 1464f. 115.439 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,416,7 115.439 Supplemental per pupil aid. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB56-ASA1,416,9 (a) “Membership” means the membership used by the department to calculate a school district's aid under s. 121.08 in the current school year.

AB56-ASA1,416,10 (b) “Number of pupils enrolled” has the meaning given in s. 115.437.

AB56-ASA1,416,13 (c) “State aid” means aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, and 121.105 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).

AB56-ASA1,416,15 (2) Eligibility. (a) A school district is eligible for aid under this section if the amount calculated under par. (b) is less than the amount calculated under par. (c).

AB56-ASA1,416,16 (b) Divide the school district's state aid by the school district's membership.

AB56-ASA1,416,18 (c) Subtract the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) for the current school year from $1,000.

AB56-ASA1,416,21 (3) Aid payments. (a) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year and subject to par. (b), annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each eligible school district an amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,416,23 1. Subtract the amount calculated for the eligible school district under sub. (2) (b) from the amount calculated under sub. (2) (c).

AB56-ASA1,417,3 2. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 1. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1,417,8 (b) The department shall make the payments under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ap). If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ap) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under par. (a), the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

AB56-ASA1,1472 Section 1472 . 115.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,417,10 115.45 (title) Robotics league participation grants pilot program.

AB56-ASA1,1473 Section 1473 . 115.45 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,417,19 115.45 (2) (a) Annually, the department shall notify school boards, operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), governing bodies of private schools, and administrators of home-based private educational programs that applications for grants under this section to participate in one or more robotics competitions will be accepted from eligible teams through a date set forth in the notice. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, an applicant eligible team shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant eligible team will provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount awarded under this section.

AB56-ASA1,1474 Section 1474 . 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,417,25 115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award a grant of up to $5,000 grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department may not award more than $5,000 to an eligible team in a school year.

AB56-ASA1,1475f Section 1475f. 115.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,418,5 115.455 (1) (b) The department shall accept applications from entities responding to the request-for-proposal under par. (a) and shall, in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eb), award a grant to an entity that, subject to sub. (3), satisfies the requirements under sub. (2).

AB56-ASA1,1512 Section 1512 . 115.881 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,1513 Section 1513 . 115.883 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,1687 Section 1687 . 120.13 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,418,18 120.13 (14) (b) 1. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care program contracted for under par. (a), is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday, as defined under s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall rescind the contract of the contractor for the child care program immediately upon providing written notice of the rescission and the grounds for the rescission and an explanation of the process for appealing the rescission.

AB56-ASA1,1688 Section 1688 . 120.13 (14) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,7 120.13 (14) (b) 2. If a person who has contracted under par. (a) to provide a child care program is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a child care program contracted for under par. (a) is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday , as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), the school board shall immediately suspend the contract of the contractor for the child care program until the school board obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to provide operate, work at, or reside at a child care program under this subsection.

AB56-ASA1,1722f Section 1722f. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,13 121.905 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 in the 2021-22 2019-20 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year and in any each subsequent school year, $10,000.

AB56-ASA1,1724 Section 1724 . 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,17 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year or years, for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB56-ASA1,1725 Section 1725 . 121.905 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,20 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under par. (b).

AB56-ASA1,1726 Section 1726 . 121.905 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,419,23 121.905 (3) (c) 8. For the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under par. (b).

AB56-ASA1,1728g Section 1728g. 121.91 (2m) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 121.91 (2m) (k), and 121.91 (2m) (k) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,420,4 121.91 (2m) (k) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for any of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year years, for the 2021-22 school year, or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,1729 Section 1729 . 121.91 (2m) (im) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,420,8 121.91 (2m) (im) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2019-20 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,420,12 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-ASA1,420,13 2. Add $175.

AB56-ASA1,420,15 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1,1730 Section 1730 . 121.91 (2m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,420,19 121.91 (2m) (j) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-ASA1,420,23 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-ASA1,420,24 2. Add $179.

AB56-ASA1,421,2 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-ASA1,1732 Section 1732 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,421,7 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (c) to (i) (im) to (k), if a school district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):

AB56-ASA1,1733 Section 1733 . 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: